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Monday, September 29, 2008

What if one day Metro Water tells you that you drank and bathed in water mixed with sewerage for four months?

Earlier this month, White House Utility District officials broke the news that a Metro water employee cross-connected a residential septic tank into a water main that serves more than 1,000 Robertson County residents.

One home's waste began pumping into the entire city's water supply in March or April and wasn't detected until July, when residents' complaints about strange debris and floating "fibers" in the water prompted a check of the line.

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Been in urban North Nashville for over a decade. Before that I lived in East Nashville. I also lived in near West Nashville for a time. In the past I called Louisville (KY) and Dallas-Fort Worth (TX) home.